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...have in mind would not have suffered at all under strict interpretation of the ABM treaty." Drell favors the plan that called for a 50% reduction in nuclear weapons; though he would eventually like to see total disarmament, he believes such a goal must be pursued with great caution. "I wish nuclear weapons had never been invented. But would I like to wake up tomorrow and find that there are no nuclear weapons? No. Nuclear arms have been a stabilizing factor. In the short term, however, we should try to reduce the armories and make the prospects for accidental...
...several years, for both the peace and literature prizes. (In a departure from custom, the Nobel Committee cited Bob Geldof, organizer of Live Aid and other fund-raising rock concerts, as runner- up for this year's peace prize.) Wiesel regards his award with an amalgam of gratitude and caution. "I don't think that prizes validate work," he says. "They give stature, texture, the possibility to reach more people. There's a mystique about the Nobel. It gives you a better loudspeaker...
...cure. We don't want to overpromise to the thousands of people who have AIDS." Robert Windom, of the Department of Health and Human Services, chose his words carefully as he faced the press in Washington last ! week, determined not to raise any false hopes. Despite Windom's caution, the dramatic news he reported was bound to be en couraging to AIDS victims around the world: early results of clinical tests with an experimental drug called azidothymidine (AZT) had shown that it slowed the attack of the AIDS virus and seemed to prolong the lives of many of its victims...
...vintage Harvard, where frugality and caution are routinely carried to excess. The University's refusal to install the more efficient and time-saving copy card system in its major libraries is, after all, typical of an institution which has a $3 billion endowment and charges over $10,000 in tuition, yet nonetheless claims that it cannot afford to keep Widener open on Sunday and has spent years deciding whether carpetting Lamont Library would break its piggy bank...
...demurred, as did the Defense Department. Said Spokesman Robert Sims: "It is a bad precedent to use the Army as a police force." Other critics said the amendment would hurt military preparedness and questioned whether soldiers could be properly trained as law enforcers in 30 days. Proponents dismissed such caution. "This is war," declared Mississippi Republican Trent Lott. "If this isn't defending the shores, I don't know what...